porzana maruetta

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porzana maruetta - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zool.)
     A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and
     skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and
     the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
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  Water crake \Wa"ter crake`\ (Zool.)
     (a) The dipper.
     (b) The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of
         Crake.
     (c) The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.
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